1653 in art
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- Architect and painter Lambert van HavenLambert van HavenLambert van Haven was a Danish architect, master builder and painter. He was born in Bergen, the son of the artist Solomon van Haven who had already succeeded in winning the favour of the Danish monarchy....
begins a 16-year period of travelling in Europe.
Paintings
- Claude LorrainClaude LorrainClaude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French Claude Gellée, , dit le Lorrain) Claude Lorrain, , traditionally just Claude in English (also Claude Gellée, his real name, or in French...
- The Adoration of the Golden Calf - Rembrandt van Rijn - Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of HomerAristotle Contemplating a Bust of HomerAristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer is an oil-on-canvas painting by Rembrandt van Rijn. It was painted in 1653, as a commission from Don Antonio Ruffo, from Messina in Sicily, who did not request a particular subject....
- Diego VelázquezDiego VelázquezDiego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist...
- Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of SpainPortrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of SpainThe infanta Maria Theresa of Spain or The infanta Maria Theresa aged 14 is a 1653 portrait by Diego Velázquez of Maria Theresa of Spain...
Births
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- Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (d. 17361736 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin painted Woman Dishes, Scheurnd.-Births:*February 6 - Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German sculptor most famous for his collection of busts with extreme facial expressions...
) - Giovanni Girolamo BonesiGiovanni Girolamo BonesiGiovanni Girolamo Bonesi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Bologna. He was the pupil of the painter Giovanni Maria Viani, but followed the style of Carlo Cignani. He painted a St. Francis of Sales kneeling before the Virgin for the church of San Marino; a St...
, Italian painter (d. 17251725 in art-Births:*August 21 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter *September 25 – Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian engraver *November 22 – Ignaz Günther, German sculptor and woodcarver within the Bavarian rococo tradition *date unknown...
) - Giovanni Battista CimaroliGiovanni Battista CimaroliGiovanni Battista Cimaroli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia.Born in Salò and studied under Antonio Aureggio and Antonio Calza. He painted many commissions, often landscapes, for British patrons.-References:...
, Italian painter of landscapes (d. 17141714 in art-Births:*January 26 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor *August 1 - Richard Wilson, landscape painter *August 14 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter...
) - Angelo MassarottiAngelo MassarottiAngelo Massarotti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in his native Cremona. He trained initially with Agostino Bonisoli, then in Rome with Carlo Cesi...
, Italian painter active in his native CremonaCremonaCremona is a city and comune in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments...
(d. 17231723 in art-Births:*April 12 – Franz Anton Bustelli, porcelain modeller *July 16 – Joshua Reynolds, English painter, specializing in portraits *date unknown**Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss landscape painter and etcher...
) - Giuseppe MazzaGiuseppe MazzaGiuseppe Mazza was an Italian sculptor of the Rococo period. He was active in Bologna, as well as Ferrara, Modena, Pesaro, and Venice. His masterpiece is a series of monumental reliefs for the Capella di San Domenico in the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice Giuseppe Mazza (1653–1741)...
, BologneseBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
RococoRococoRococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
sculptor (d. 17411741 in art-Paintings:* Pietro Longhi painted "La lezione di danza".-Births:*February 7 – Henry Fuseli, British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art *March 18 - Alexander Kucharsky, Polish portrait painter...
) - Charles-François PoersonCharles-François PoersonCharles François Poerson was a French painter. He was director of the French Academy in Rome from 1704 until his death.-Life:...
, French painter (d. 17251725 in art-Births:*August 21 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter *September 25 – Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian engraver *November 22 – Ignaz Günther, German sculptor and woodcarver within the Bavarian rococo tradition *date unknown...
) - Antonio Palomino, Spanish painter, writer on art theory, and biographer of artists (d. 17261726 in art-Paintings:* Johann Heinrich Tischbein painted Portrait of the Artist's first Wife, Marie Sophie Robert.-Births:* October 16 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter * Katsukawa Shunshō – Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style...
) - Kanō TanshinKano Tanshinwas a Japanese painter. He was the son of Kanō Tan'yū by his second wife, and led the Kajibashi branch of the Kanō school after 1674.- References :* * *...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese painter (d. 17181718 in art-Births:*April 24 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter *June 5 - Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker *July 4 - Giambettino Cignaroli, Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period...
) - Sante VandiSante VandiSante Vandi was an Italian portrait painter of the Baroque period. He was a pupil of Carlo Cignani. He is also known as Santino da' Ritratti. In early life he painted at Bologna, but was afterwards employed at Mantua, and other cities in Central Italy. He had constant commissions, and left a great...
, Italian portrait painter (d. 17161716 in art-Births:*March 19 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, painter *March 25 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter *June 18 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter *December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor...
) - Gaspar van Wittel, Dutch landscape painter (d. 17361736 in art-Paintings:* Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin painted Woman Dishes, Scheurnd.-Births:*February 6 - Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German sculptor most famous for his collection of busts with extreme facial expressions...
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- Tommaso Aldrovandini, Italian painter (d. 1736
- probable - Bonaventura LambertiBonaventura LambertiBonaventura Lamberti was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. He was born at Carpi,and after some years working at Modena, he became a pupil of the painter Carlo Cignani in Rome. There he painted St. Francis of Paola resuscitating a dead Child for the church of the...
, Italian painter, active mainly in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
(d. 17211721 in art-Births:*January 17 – Charles Germain de Saint Aubin, draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV *date unknown**Francesco Albotto, Italian painter **Charles Joseph Flipart, French painter and engraver -Deaths:...
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Deaths
- March - Simon de VliegerSimon de VliegerSimon de Vlieger was a Dutch designer, draughtsman, and painter, most famous for his marine paintings.-Life:...
, painter (b. 16011601 in art-Paintings:*Caravaggio**Crucifixion of St. Peter**Supper at Emmaus**The Conversion of Saint Paul**Conversion on the Way to Damascus-Births:*January 19 - Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of the Bolognese School...
) - August 24 - Henry StoneHenry Stone (painter)Henry Stone , known as "Old Stone", was an English painter and copyist of the works of Van Dyck.Henry was the eldest son of notable sculptor and architect Nicholas Stone ; his brothers Nicholas Stone Jr. and John Stone were sculptors and masons...
, English painter (b. 16161616 in art-Paintings:* Jacob Jordaens painted Adoration of the Shepherds, his earliest dated extant work.* Isaac Oliver painted a miniature of Donne.* Simon van de Passe made an engraved portrait of Pocahontas , later published in John Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia in 1624.* Peter Paul Rubens painted...
) - October 16 - Jan WildensJan WildensJan Wildens was a Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes.-Biography:Jan Wildens was born in Antwerp in 1586 and at the age of ten was apprenticed to Pieter Verhulst and entered Antwerp's guild of St. Luke in 1604 as a master...
, Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes (b. 1595/15961595 in art-Paintings:*Caravaggio**The Musicians**Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy**Bacchus*Fabrizio Santafede – Madonna with Saints-Births:*April 6 - Pieter de Molijn, Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver born in England...
) - October 22 - Thomas de CritzThomas de CritzThomas De Critz or Decritz was an English painter.He was born in London, the son of the Flemish-born painter John de Critz. He worked for the English court and was entrusted with the restoration and cleaning of Charles I's paintings...
, painter (b. 16071607 in art-Paintings:* Caravaggio**Saint Jerome Writing**Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page**Flagellation of Christ**The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew**The Seven Works of Mercy**David with the Head of Goliath ...
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- Paolo BiancucciPaolo BiancucciPaolo Biancucci was born at Lucca and was a pupil of Guido Reni, and influenced by Sassoferrato. He painted a Purgatory, for the church of the Suffragio, and an altar-piece of several Saints for San Francesco.-References:...
, Italian painter primarily of religious scenes (b. 15831583 in art-Events:*Italian Jesuit painter Giovanni Niccolo is sent to Portuguese Japan to found a painters' seminary.-Paintings:*Annibale Carracci – Crucifixion*Joseph Heintz – Venus and Adonis...
) - Angelo CaroselliAngelo CaroselliAngelo Caroselli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Rome. He painted in an eclectic style, including influences from Caravaggio and the Bamboccianti. He was the brother in law of Filippo Lauri. One of his pupils was Pietro Paolini and his son Carlo Caroselli....
, Italian painter (b. 15851585 in art-Events:*Approximate start date of Flemish Baroque painting.*The Eclectic Academy of painting, also called the Accademia degli Incamminati, is founded in Bologna by Ludovico Carracci and others....
) - Francesco FanelliFrancesco FanelliFrancesco Fanelli was an Italian sculptor, born in Florence, who spent most of his career in England.He is recorded at work in Genoa in 1609-10 then worked in London from about 1610, as a sculptor in ivory — Joachim von Sandrart mentions an ivory statuette of Pygmalion that attracted the attention...
, Italian sculptor (b. c.1590) - Giuliano FinelliGiuliano FinelliGiuliano Finelli was an Italian Baroque sculptor who emerged from the workshop of Bernini.He was born in Carrara to a family of marble masons in a town associated with mining of the stone, and he initially trained with Michelangelo Naccherino...
, Italian sculptor (b. 16011601 in art-Paintings:*Caravaggio**Crucifixion of St. Peter**Supper at Emmaus**The Conversion of Saint Paul**Conversion on the Way to Damascus-Births:*January 19 - Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of the Bolognese School...
) - Gijsbert d'HondecoeterGijsbert d'HondecoeterGijsbert d'Hondecoeter , was a Dutch landscape and animalier painter. -Biography:Hondecoeter belonged to a family of painters. His father was Gillis d'Hondecoeter and his son was Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Hondecoeter primarily painted works of barnyard fowl. Some of his works can be found at the...
, landscape and animal painter (b. 16041604 in art-Paintings:*Caravaggio**John the Baptist**John the Baptist **The Crowning with Thorns I-Births:*July 8 - Christiaen van Couwenbergh, Dutch Golden Age painter...
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- Paolo Biancucci
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- Nicolaes Eliaszoon PickenoyNicolaes Eliaszoon PickenoyNicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy was a Dutch painter of Flemish origin. Pickenoy was possibly a pupil of Cornelis van der Voort and presumably Bartholomeus van der Helst was his own pupil.-Life:...
, Dutch painter of FlemishFlemish peopleThe Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...
origin (b. 15881588 in art-Paintings:* Nicholas Hilliard – Young Man Among Roses-Births:*January 10 - Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy, Dutch painter of Flemish origin *January 20 - Francesco Gessi, Italian painter of frescoes...
) - (d. 1653/1665): Astolfo PetrazziAstolfo PetrazziAstolfo Petrazzi was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his hometown of Siena, but also Spoleto and Rome. He was a pupil of mainly Francesco Vanni, but also worked under Ventura Salimbeni and Pietro Sorri...
, Italian painter, active mainly in his native SienaSienaSiena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
(b. 15831583 in art-Events:*Italian Jesuit painter Giovanni Niccolo is sent to Portuguese Japan to found a painters' seminary.-Paintings:*Annibale Carracci – Crucifixion*Joseph Heintz – Venus and Adonis...
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- Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy